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lay something at somebody's door — lay sth at sb s ˈdoor idiom (formal) to say that sb is responsible for sth that has gone wrong • The blame for the disaster has been laid firmly at the government s door. Main entry: ↑dooridiom … Useful english dictionary
lay — [leɪ] verb laid PTandPP lay somebody → off phrasal verb [transitive] HUMAN RESOURCES to stop employing a worker, usually when there is not enough work for them to do: • The group plans to lay off 10% of its workforce. see also … Financial and business terms
lay — lay1 W2S1 [leı] v the past tense of ↑lie 1 lay 2 lay2 v past tense and past participle laid [leıd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(put somebody/something down)¦ 2 lay bricks/carpet/concrete/cables etc 3¦(bird/insect etc)¦ 4¦(table)¦ 5 lay the foundations/ … Dictionary of contemporary English
lay out — verb 1. lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line (Freq. 7) lay out the clothes lay out the arguments • Syn: ↑range, ↑array, ↑set out • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
lay aside — verb accumulate money for future use He saves half his salary • Syn: ↑save, ↑save up • Derivationally related forms: ↑savings (for: ↑save) • Hypo … Useful english dictionary
lay to rest — verb place in a grave or tomb (Freq. 2) Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday • Syn: ↑bury, ↑entomb, ↑inhume, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
lay down — verb institute, enact, or establish (Freq. 8) make laws • Syn: ↑establish, ↑make • Hypernyms: ↑make, ↑create • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
lay in — verb keep or lay aside for future use store grain for the winter The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn t eat • Syn: ↑store, ↑hive away, ↑put in, ↑salt away, ↑stack away, ↑stash away … Useful english dictionary
lay up — verb disable or confine, as with an illness She was laid up with pneumonia for six weeks • Hypernyms: ↑disable, ↑disenable, ↑incapacitate • Verb Frames: Something s somebody Something s something … Useful english dictionary
lay over — verb 1. interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight (Freq. 1) We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil • Syn: ↑stop over • Derivationally related forms: ↑stopover (for: ↑stop over), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
